>> he's 86 years old. unbelievable that he could be this good, this long. >> that's great. >> that's it for today. thanks very much for joining us. i think we're going to do another show tomorrow. >> why not? fox news alert right now. limited four-hour humanitarian cease-fire moments ago announced in effect for parts of gaza, but overnight accusations back and forth and targets hit as israeli forces pound hamas. israel hitting dozens of high-profile hamas targets. meanwhile palestinian officials accusing israeli tanks of firing into a crowded school, run by the u.n., that was sheltering refugees. good morning, everybody, we're sorting through all of this yet again today here in "america's newsroom." martha: good morning, bill. good morning, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. israeli aircraft hit dozens of sites in gaza early this morning including five mosques they say

were used to store weapons and ammunition by the militants. john huddy on the israel-gaza border. tell us about this temporary cease-fire and what is really going on the ground right now? >> reporter: well, martha, it's a four-hour window as you mentioned, four-hour cease-fire called by israel, pertains to certain parts of the gaza strip. we don't know what areas in particular at this point. we're waiting for more details and more elaboration in terms of that but most likely some of the areas that were hardest hit so far by the fighting. in fact, yesterday, there was the heaviest artillery and air assault in gaza since all of this started 23 days ago, since operation protective edge started, and we've also seen a lot of action this morning. so the window likely giving people a chance to get out of their homes, to evacuate these areas and get to safety and some of these shelters. now as you mentioned, earlier this morning, according to palestinian officials, israeli

artillery fire hit one of these u.n.-run schools that has been serving as a shelter. killing the latest estimate, we're hearing 15 people and wounding dozens of others. now the israeli military hasn't said why this school was hit. it is unlikely, bill and martha, this school was targeted because it is in an area which has seen some of the most intense fighting in the 23 days of operation protective edge. so likely it was hit as the fighting was going on. again yesterday, with some of the heaviest fighting or the heaviest fighting last 23 days. so this, as troops, remain on the ground here along the israel-gaza border. you can see them just behind us in the distance. we're seeing tanks, apc's, armored personnel carriers, and of course the infantry on the ground as fighting continues now for day 23. bill and martha? martha: no sign of, john, anything letting up from what

we're hearing and reporting here back at home aside from the four-hour cease-fire to help people get out of their homes to evacuate. is there anything else that appears to be moving in any way forward in this conflict? >> reporter: well, yeah. martha, we're hearing that palestinian representatives, hamas representatives, as well may be trying to work out an egyptian-brokered cease-fire but again there is so much uncertainty in terms of that as there has, we've seen all the cease-fire agreements fall apart around fail to gain any momentum much. so that could be in the works and today, israel's security cabinet has been meeting to talk about possible cease-fire negotiations. and also one thing that has been on the table, bill and martha, possibly expanding the ground operation, rooting out hamas's network of tunnels. we're waiting for more details from that meeting. of course if we have them we'll get them for you. back to you. martha: doesn't appear to be a

real reprieve in sight. john huddy, thank you very much. bill: that is one big international story. more news on russia. rebels in ukraine turning back investigators from the crash of flight 17 as more deadly fighting in the region. president obama joining europe to hit russia with new penalties on energy, weapons, finance industries and dismissing comparisons to the bad ol' days of u.s.-soviet rivalry. >> no. it is not a new cold war. what it is a very specific issue related to russia's unwillingness to recognize that ukraine can chart its own path. bill: byron york, chief political correspondent for "washington examiner," fox news contributor. byron, you were watching that yesterday. good morning to you today. simple question, will this stop vladmir putin? >> nobody knows actually the answer to that question. the big news this is the first time you have the united states and europe together imposing sanctions on russia. you know a lot of the europeans were very hesitant, reluctant to

impose sanctions on russia just because of putin's aggression in ukraine but that malaysian jetliner shoot-down changed everything. 200 europeans were shot out of the sky in that airplane. that has changed the mind of some europeans who depend a lot on russia for oil, more so than we do. so the news here is that the europeans finally come along and united states has also ratcheted up the sanctions a bit. so there's a greater total sanctions on russia than there had been before. bill: not easy to get germany, france, italy and all these other difficult interests to agree on this but when you're going against finance, energy and arms and we were doing it with iran and doing it very well, squeezing tehran forcing them to the table before we took the boot off the neck in tehran. this is similar to that in russia. >> yeah. bill: russian economy is not that substantial and not as big most people on the outside would think. >> absolutely. think about this. russia is a big country but its

economy is not that big. its economy, gdp is $2 trillion. the u.s. gdp is 17. take all the european countries together, they're about same size. $2 trillion on one side versus 30 plus trillion dollars on the other side. those big countries should be able to impose some pressure. now you're right about the dependence that europe had had. hard to change their minds on this germany gets 30% of its oil from russia. the netherland gets 34% of its oil from russia. this is a big deal for them to impose these sanctions. the biggest question, if you do ratchet up the sanctions like allies did successfully against iran does that finally get putin's attention? his adventurism in ukraine has been fairly popular at home. the russian economy according to the russian people according to the polls have not been very concerned about these sanctions and they won't be until they actually start to feel them. so when they do will that change

things? bill: right on. byron, thank you so much. we'll see how this goes and see how it turns out. people have been waiting for action. you know, when you shoot 300 innocent people out of the sky, there is a price to pay for that. thank you, byron. >> absolutely. bill: what do you think at home, at work on your mobile device? will this stop vladmir putin? send us a tweet @billhemmer, @marthamaccallum. we'll share many of your thoughts throughout our program today. martha: meantime back here at home a major university practically underwater this morning. have you seen these pictures? water shooting into the air after water main burst next to ucla. some eight to 10 million gallons of water, think about that, pouring through this campus. look at stairwell on right-hand side of the screen. the water stranded students in their parking garages. it shut down part of sunset boulevard. >> we're looking highest point, about four to five inches of water standing. >> saw this happening, i said

what the heck, i will rush out to help out as much as i can. martha: william la jeunesse is live in los angeles. so what can you tell us about what is going on there, william? >> reporter: it is enough, water, firefighters to the around campus an jet skis and rafts. the water damaged much of the campus which is downhill from the break. a traffic nightmare. happened 3:00 yesterday. 90-year-old water main burst, sending geyser 30 feet in the air. look l.a. water an power four hours to shut it down because they didn't want to burst adjacent pipes with a added pressure. shut down parking structure in pauley pavilion which had undergone 100 million-dollar renovation. crews trying to remove two inches of water to save the basketball court. soggy carpet in residence halls, classrooms taken outside. 200 cars abandoned in parking lots still stranded.

crews trying to separate water contaminated with oil and gasoline that can not go into the water main. >> we had to get valves shut down on situation. we had to do it in such a manner we did not put other parts of the city out of water. >> we searched probably over 200 vehicles. we assisted five citizens with getting themselves out of their vehicles. >> reporter: what you have now is this huge sinkhole in the middle of sunset, a major artery. 50 feet around. they have to get water out, repair the pipe and then the road. a traffic headache, at least probably through thursday. martha? >> mentioned it is a 90-year-old water main on this line. how do they know it will not happy again? there is danger as you pointed out to some other lines bursting as well. >> reporter: they don't. 27% of the city's water system is 100 years or older. this line was 30-inches across, laid down in 1921. now corroded steel.

l.a. has three or four water breaks each day. the cruel irony, we're in the middle of a seven-year drought. water rates increased 45%. 10 million gallons. how much is it? enough to fill 200,000 bathtubs, put another way. take the average person, 274 years to use all the water that was lost. so, 36 inches, 30 inches in dime her, that is a big water line. martha: talk about aging infrastructure and disaster waiting to happen potentially. william, thank you very much. we'll see you later. bill: got breaking news in boston, massachusetts right now. we're watching this now. a six-alarm fire affecting multiple homes in boston, massachusetts and the fire department is out there in force. it was a six-alarm fire. now reduced to a five-alarm. fire in multiple homes there and they're attacking this past several minutes. fox boston and helicopter above the ground there. many hand lines hitting fires, from several locations too. so, we'll try to get a handle on

this. a lot of smoke here. if they contain it, see how we'll do. that from boston. the fire department tweets a few pictures out from a ground level perspective. we'll try to get those on the air to share those with you as well momentarily. that from boston. breaking news. martha: we have gdp report that just come out this morning. shows the u.s. economy grew at strong 4% rate in the second quarter of this year of the we haven't seen a number like that in a very long time, folks. that is the strongest pace in a decade. it is higher than the previous estimates. it could be a sign, shall we hope, that the worst may behind us? coming up next hour, stuart varney is pouring over these numbers, looking at internals of this gdp report. if it is indeed as good as it looks. bill: if first quarter contracted 3%. that was not good.er that day. martha: we haven't seen a number like that in many days. bill: stu is on stand by. bill to resolve the crisis on our border. will they get it done. house republicans working on

measure to step up border security first. some say it is missing one critical element. we'll debate it. martha: getting increasingly frightening. massive ebola outbreak sweeping through parts of africa. two u.s. aid workers helping tested positive. one is said to be in grave condition. so what is next? bill: also a jury with a stunning verdict accusing former governor, jesse ventura of bashing our u.s. military and bashing our u.s. navy seals. looks like the governor won this round. >> we don't know what others may think but certainly with a generation of young seals, i don't know that his reputation can ever be repaired or that he can go back to reunions and associate with the sees that he, not so much calls his brothers but his sons.

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martha: to phoenix now where passengers have been evacuated on the tarmac after report of smoke in a bathroom on us airways flight from albuquerque. the us air plane was landing safely. they haven't said what caused smoke but everybody -- bill: what will house republicans do about the border? we should get a vote within 24 hours but a republican colleague, senator jeff sessions denouncing what is going on in the house, saying it would give the president the power of amnesty for millions. alan colmes, fox news contributor, host of the alan colmes radio show and brad blakeman, former deputy assistant to president george w. bush. good morning to both of you.

jeff sessions writes this, quote, any action congress might consider to address the current border crisis would be futile if the president would go forward with these lawless actions. he continues. congress must speak out and fight against them. it must use its spending power to stop the president's executive amnesty. that the house leaders border package includes no lang on executive actions is surrender to a lawless president. brad, start. he got a point? >> no, he doesn't, here is why. you can't anticipate what the president might do or not do. we know from the president's past behavior he likes to pick hupp his pen and phone in degradation of the constitution and acts beyond his authority. we know that. you can't put that in a bill. the president will pick up the pen if he feels it is best interest. you can't do ask the president to do more than the oath requires. the house is smart. deal with it for 90 days.

reassesses it. give the president, 1/5 of what he is asking for. get the national guard on border. once and for all determine status of kids coming over here. they shouldn't have preferential treatment. we're giving resources necessary to care for these kid and ajudicate them under the laws that exist today. that should be done. bill: what the house is doing, trying to get a stopgap measure for 60 days or something like that. alan, critical question here, what if during this august break the president does take executive action? what do you think the effect of that is? >> to do what? depends what the executive action is. i don't know what jeff sessions is referring to when he says he is lawless or is likely to take some kind of executive action to do what? the bill he is referring to that he is putting down, that is republican bill, that provide, as brad just pointed out 1/5 of the money the president is asking for, supposed to be used the reason for the bill to get money to ajudicate kids from central america to send them

back more quickly than currently being sent back based on 2008 law that was signed by george w. bush. so i in fact, wish the president accepting these people in the country, giving them more due process and, as george will said on "fox news sunday," george will of all people, there is no reason these kid can't all be a simulated into this country. we have refugees should not be sent back to war-torn nations and -- bill: i think sessions larger point about the economy. right now you're trying to create jobs for americans. >> these are kids. bill: no, this could deal, alan, with potentially 3.5, 4.5 million illegals already here. brad, question for the house though is this. secure the border first. that seems to be the lynchpin for the law still today. will they get that? would that move forward in the senate? is that something the president would agree to? you're six years on and they haven't gone there yet. neither has this president.

>> the first order of business to deal with the crisis. we have to secure the border around this bill goes a long way in providing the kind of pathway that should be followed assuming this works, putting national guard on the border. allowing our border patrol to go on certain federal land that they were prohibited in doing. we need to address that problem. now, it harry reid is threatened he is going to sabotage the house bill by incorporating a larger omnibus package to this, something, that isn't going to pass the house. if the president is concerned about the crisis that he created, the house is willing to deal with that crisis but only deal with it 90 days, revisit. see what is working, see what is not. if harry reid wants to sabotage the bill, all he has to do is add provisions unacceptable to the house. bill: gentlemen, we've been debating this 10 years. quick answer now. alan will we get some deal on immigration or not. >> congress won't act before midterm elections. i don't know how you say obama created this. obama has actually sent back almost two million people.

he has returned almost two million people. he has stopped about another two million from coming into the country. >> why didn't he stop this? why didn't he stop these kids then? >> he is -- >> wait a minute, is trying to base on bill session is putting down, stop kids from central america. bill: we're going round and round, gentlemen. we'll pick it up real soon. a major topic tomorrow. we'll talk again. 21 past, martha. martha: how is this for a rough commute? why hundreds of passengers got stuck waiting for hours at sea? bill: oh, boy. new surveillance images of this missing mother moments before she disappeared. details on that. new information on what she bought right before she went missing. first, this emotional moment from her husband a bit earlier today. >> jennifer, i love you very much. the boys, the boys love you and miss you. if you can come home, please come home. if you're being held against

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bill: sun is up in california. we have helicopter in the air. fox la, showing the hole in the ground. it is massive after that water break in los angeles. they will assess damage by millions of gallons unleashed after 100-year-old pipe burst, 30-inch main pipe, stranding people in garages and flooding. ucla famous basketball court just renovated 24 months ago. martha: that is not good. bill: especially with a drought out there as well. we'll get back to it in a moment tell you how they're dealing

with it today. martha: we have new clues into the mysterious disappearance of an oregon mom last seen about a week ago. she is 3 years old. jennifer huston captured on this surveillance video. this picture is thought to be moments from when she disappeared. she was at a store thursday. while she was there, she bought trail mix, gatorade and over-the-counter box of sleeping pills before she disappeared. her father, a former homicide detective, along with her husband, spoke to elisabeth hassleback on "fox & friends." the father was asked, if he suspects any foul play? >> i don't want to even try to go there. what i really feel she probably went, for a walk and she is just, unable to come home at this point in time. >> only thing i can think of is that she bought the sleep aids for potentially helping her to get some sleep over the next few nights. that was her plan.

as i said before, she was suffering from headaches for several days prior. martha: very mysterious the story. rod wheeler, former washington, d.c. homicide detective and fox news contributor and joins us now. rod, always good to have you with us. thanks very much. >> good morning, martha. martha: what do you think of this so far? >> this investigation has taken a new turn and twists so to speak we know jennifer purchased sleeping aids. why is that kind of significant in this investigation in real quickly in a missing persons case it is not necessarily the 24 hours after the person goes missing, martha we're concerned become we're really concerned about the 24 hours prior to her going missing that were even more concerned about. why? the question becomes, what was going on inside of her home? what was going on inside of her mind? what was going on inside her life that could possibly lead to her wanting to either get away from the scene, get away from the home, get away from her

husband, or in fact was she abducted by somebody? the police, just so the viewers know are looking at each and every angle as possibility. they haven't ruled anything out and they haven't ruled anything in. we don't want to quickly speculate though that the husband was involved in this but at the same time. as investigators, you know, martha, we have to look at every possibility, good or bad. martha: he took a lie-detector test and according to his own account he passed that lie-detector test. he said that this morning on "fox & friends" but he also said when he was talking at a press conference on monday, he said, he wanted everyone to search along the road for her and her vehicle. i have a feeling maybe she is in a ditch somewhere. we have exercised every option we can think of right now. is that an unusual statement to you? >> well, not totally unusual, although i listened to press conference myself, that did raise somewhat an eyebrow, when he made that statement. in addition to that, during that same press conference, martha, he gave about three or four if

then statements. if she would have done this, then she would have done that. if she would have done this. anytime in an investigation, this is so important for the viewers to understand, anytime in an investigation, and especially a missing person investigation, when somebody offers, if then statements, you always want to say why is it they're going down that particular path? the other thing that the gentleman said in the press conference is that he was working very closely with the police department. you know what? he really emphasized that a little bit much. so the question becomes, was he trying to make himself sound like, he has done nothing? maybe he hasn't done anything. but again it is something we as investigators have to look at. martha: and his father-in-law, a former homicide investigator him seven, we're going to stay on this. interesting story and a mystery for this family. rod, thank you very much. >> sure, thank you, martha. >> back to the middle east in a moment. hamas, is it winning a pr roar with the calculated deaths of its own people? we'll talk to former israeli am

boos door to the u.s. about that and this talk cease-fire. martha: have you seen this? two women trapped on a railroad bridge with a train bearing down on them. they have nowhere to go to get away from this. we'll show you how this ended.

bill: it is the world's worst outbreak of ebola sweeping through west africa. 700 are dead including an american businessman who died in nigeria on his way back to minnesota. two u.s. aid workers in africa there to help already tested positive. there is danger here. greg palkot love in london what the danger is, what the latest is and what more do we know about the american victims, greg. >> reporter: serious dangers, bill. according to one medical group today this is an epidemic out of control, a global health concern. ebola is highly contagious. bodily fluids like blood with no

known cure, no known vaccine. along with hundreds of dead there are 1200 cases. so far limited to four countries in western africa. but as you noted it already touched americans. two americans seriously ill with the disease. worked with the charity, samaritan purse's. dr. kent brantley. and they have been working with patients in liberia. the american who died, his name is patrick sawyer. he is of liberian descent. he was caring for his sister who was ill with the disease. here is what his widow in minnesota had to say? >> we ought to be concerned about that, if we're not we're kidding ourselves. if we think it can't come to the u.s. and that is another fear of mine. because we've already lost patrick. we're losing tons of people there. and we don't need that killer to come here as well. >> reporter: sawyer's sister, by the way, died as we, bill.

bill: she raises the question that is on everybody's mind. that is whether or not it can go from the continent of africa to europe or to the u.s. what are the chances greg? >> reporter: that is a very big question, bill. first of all talk about what is happening in western africa. there countries are mobilized to try to contain the disease. travelers are being checked and screened. borders sealed. hospitals quarantined. increasing pan anybodied population is made aware of the disease. the government here says the disease represents a threat. they checked one traveler coming from the area. as for the united states the white house yesterday has said president obama is monitoring the situation. he is offering assistance to affected countries. the centers for disease control is issuing warnings to its doctors to look out for the symptoms. first it is fever. and then it is a lot worse. critically, they say if precautions are taken the chances of it coming united states are remote. but chances are watched closely.

bill: greg palkot watching that from london. martha: situation in gaza growing increasingly violent. [explosions] israeli military launching another round of airstrikes overnight. late this morning israel announced a temporary humanitarian cease-fire to allow for evacuations in gaza while vowing to do whatever it takes to stop hamas and protect the people of israel. hamas rejecting any cease-fire that does not meet its demands of lifting blockade. ambassador michael orr, former israeli ambassador to the united states joins me right now from tel aviv. ambassador, thank you for being with us this morning. >> good to be with you, martha. martha: i know you have been very clear about the fact that hamas, you believe, puts women and children in places that you are likely or that the israeli defense forces are likely to hit because they are housing weapons as well. this latest news that we have

about this u.n. shelter school, does that fall into the same category? >> well, it's true, hamas has issued serious threats to its population, preventing them from leaving areas which the israeli army has designated as combat zones and taken extraordinary measures to warn the population to flee those zones. we had reports early as yesterday, large numbers palestinians who have been taken out and shot by hamas for trying to flee those zones. there have now been not one but three u.n. schools that have been discovered to be used as warehouses for hamas rockets. one case the u.n. gave the rockets back to hamas so they could be fired at israel. we've had cases where hospitals, mosques have been used, not only to store weapons but to fire weapons at israeli civilians. martha: you know, there have been cases where, in europe where there is growing anti-israeli sentiment. are you concerned that hamas, which is a terrorist

organization which made clear its number one priority is to end the country and existence of israel, that they might be baining traction internationally in this pr war? >> that is precisely hamas's tactic. hamas doesn't think it can destroy israel with its rockets and with its terror tunnels but what it can do is drag israel into a situation where we have to strike at hamas. hamas is hiding behind its civilian populations. civilians get killed. bad images get put on television and europeans start demonstrating. that translates into diplomatic pressure on israel and delegitimatization. that is the great let that israel faces is delegitimatization. it works every single time. we go through this round of israel being condemned and terrorists being able to build ever bigger arsenals of weapons they fire at us in the next round. we have to break that now. we have to break the cycle. we've got to get hamas to really give up its weapons.

we have to crush hamas and we need time and space to do that, martha. martha: one of the headlines this morning, gaza war hugely popular in israel. it talks about how strong the support is for benjamin netanyahu right now. you know, basically, it seems, that the sentiment in israel is that the people there want to go all-in. that they want to crush hamas. that they feel like this is is the opportunity to do it. and then, you know, at the same time, you have all this discussion of cease-fire. so which is it? >> well, you know, israel has very vibrant democracy and israelis don't agree with each other on very much but we're witnessing close to 100% support for this war. with painful price we paid more than 50 soldiers have been killed. that is a very high price for a country of this size. israelis have determined to continue this fight, to break once and for all that cycle of violence where we get cease-fires imposed on us and terrorists exploit the cease-fires to build up their rocket arsenals and fire them at

us. and, israelis understand, if we don't fight now, if we don't beat hamas on the ground we'll face a stronger hamas, a deadlier hamas in another year or two. actually, more palestinians will suffer in that round than they're suffering now. this, the fight we're fighting not just for israel. ultimately it will save palestinian lives as well. martha: i want to put up on the screen a couple headlines from israeli newspapers very strongly anti-john kerry. the shaming of john kerry and downturn in battle for israel's image is this one. look at one more coming from the papers this week in israel. john kerry, the betrayal on july the 27th. what do you think about the way that john kerry is being presented in israeli newspapers and do you feel like this administration is not giving israel the support that they should? >> well, i don't think all of this sort of hanging our dirty laundry outside is either helping the united states or

israel. we have historic alliance and we have a principle that we can disagree with one another we're better off disagreeing with one another behind the scenes rather than in front of the scenes but the fact of the matter is the administration has sought to put a cease-fire down. israel would agree to a cease-fire but has to be under very specific circumstances. it has to be a cease-fire that enables our defense forces to continue to look for these tunnels, to identify them, and to blow them up. it has to be a cease-fire in which hamas can not declare victory. if hamas declares victory. we'll be back at war again, another year with hamas firing rockets and trying to kill our civilians. all that is very important. the administration has been critical of israel's actions and that resulted in civilian casualties in the gaza strip saying israel has not done enough to lilt those casualties. i think as a israeli citizen, as a veteran of 30 years in israeli military, as father of three

soldiers i take very strong objection to that. we take measured risks, we take measures never taken by another army in history to try to reduce civilian casualties and we deserve more backing on that, if ask me. martha: michael oren. see you very soon. >> thank you. bill: persecuted in iraq. reports of christians being cleansed from that country entirely. one u.s. senator in a moment with his plan to save lives there. martha: how about this story? the former wrestler and governor jesse ventura, now two million dollars richer over what he didn't say, according to him in court about the navy sees. so why does ventura say the victory for him is bittersweet. >> he certainly is grateful to the jury for their verdict but, his reputation with an entire generation of young seals may never be repaired. and that is why he said there is noal winner here. rings?

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martha: a court victory for former minnesota governor jesse ventura. a jury awarded the wrestler turned politician, 1.million dollars, deciding that former navy seal chris kyle defamed ventura in his best-selling book, "american sniper." this is ventura's lawyer outside of the court after that verdict. >> it is a victory in a sense that the jury did tell the world that chris kyle's story was a lie and fabrication. martha: the late chris kyle wrote that he decked ventura in a california bar in 2006 after the former governor allegedly said that navy sees, quote, deserve to lose a few in iraq. ventura denied that claim. bill: muslim terrorists fight for more control of iraq, there is reported cleansing of christians who made iraq their home for centuries. nearly 1.5 million in 2003. no longer. that number reportedly fallen off a table. republican senator rob portman of ohio introducing a resolution

condemning the violence and hoping to draw attention to this and senator, good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: some of the details, what can you say about how especially town of mosul, north of baghdad, how that number dropped seemingly overnight? >> yeah. it is very disturbing. what we're trying to do is draw attention to this issue, on bad intelligence frankly, partly because of the way the u.s. left iraq we don't have the best intelligence. what we do know isis, this islam make state terrorist group moved into the iraq and telling christians and other minority religions, you either convert to islam or you face a fine that is so high that many can not pay it. or you face execution. as a result, a lot of these christians are leaving. they're fleeing. when they leave, we're told they're, losing all of their possessions. they're being robbed. they're on foot because they're losing their vehicles and so, this is happening right now, in iraq, country where we invested so much. bill: no one there to protect

them apparently the air a big symbol for end, put on doors of christians that live in mosul and that represents the town of nasa reason, is that right? >> we're talking about places where christians lived 2000 years. it is referenced in the bible not as mosul but place traditionally there has been a strong christian tradition. you've seen the with regard to the destruction of the tomb of jonah as well. this group that came in, systematically purging the christian community and other religious minority groups. bill: so you're saying convert, pay a tax or be killed? those are, those are three -- >> that is the message they're getting. bill: those are three tough options. the resolution, debbie stabenow, in on this bipartisan resolution with you, what can you do other than draw attention to the cleansing? >> the u.s. government needs to do more.

we are a country founded by people that were fleeing persecution. we should step up to provide safe haven for refugees. other countries are doing more, frankly france. we have to tell the iraqi government they have to do all they possibly can to protect these people. we also put in the resolution, we need to coordinate and work with some refugee groups that came out and kurds. in the kurdistan region there are a lot of christians. we think they can be helpful too. this is effort to light a fire under the state department to get them to do more to protect these religious minorities, including christians and to do so urgently before we lose more lives and have this additional purging. bill: do you get the sense the state department is on the story? because so few people talk about, senator? >> it is not talked about. one of the reasons i'm really glad you had me on today, to try to raise the visibility of it. i wrote a column today which will appear shortly in one much your competitive publications but it is on our website.

hope folks look at that and do their own research and learn more about this because this is issue we're not addressing as we should. bill, i think it is partly because we're spread so thin now with so many tragic circumstances around the world, in syria, in iraq, certainly what is going on in ukraine. with regard to gaza i heard interview with michael oren. we have to focus on this one to insure these people's lives are not destroyed. bill: the world is aflame. rob portman. good to talk to you live from the hill. >> bill, good to talk to you. >> on this summer day new concerns for sun lovers. a stunning new warning that came out from the surgeon general about skins canner. bill: two years after the deadly attack in benghazi, more turmoil in libya as the u.s. embassy is evacuated. is the situation there spiraling out of control yet again?

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martha: have you heard about this? the surgeon general is issuing a call to action to prevent skin cancer. much cases of skin cancer more common than breast, prostate, lung, colon cancer combined in this country. dr. manny alvarez, senior managing editor of foxnews.com and member of medical a-team. top of the morning to you. >> top of the morning to. >> how significant is this in is this like smoking? will we see nationwide move against skins cancer? >> i think the surgeon general is doing something very important because people tend to forget, skin cancer, five million a year of. 63,000 melanomas. 9,000 people do. one of things he wants to do is take away that whole concept of

your skin needs to be tan. basically when you tan, you're damaging your skin, no matter how you slice the pie. what he wants to do is not only bring awareness about whole issue of skin cancer, he also wants to put into effect, federal initiatives that will change a little bit of these rates. one of the things he is interested in, creating more shaded areas in parks and schools, you know, so people really have places so they can have shade, especially in public places. the second thing of course, is bring awareness to people, to utilize every single tool that you can possibly use. you know, sunglasses, hats, you know, creams for your skin, very important. and kind of put that into the mind of especially young children. he wants to go after tanning salons. martha: indoor tanning. >> which i love that. martha: number of these case come from those. >> right, when you go through a tanning salon you get a blast of uv rays so intense that really does a lot of damage. some good regulations that so

children don't have access to it. you know, things that have happened with those tanning salons. so more federal regulations. finally what he wants to do is talk to the fda. the last time we added any good ingredients to any creams was back in the '90s, when it comes to uv protection. the regulations are very tough to get fda approval. some creams in europe are far more superior than ones we have here in the u.s. market. so he wants to streamline -- martha: allow fda to approve products so we have them here? >> yeah. not just warning people about skin cancer. it is putting teeth into the problem and trying to get things resolved. martha: we all lot of people we know to melanoma. it is very serious issue. i think kids are getting more on board. i think they're starting to get it. >> remember, melanoma is in the 20s, kills a lot of people in their 20s. this is something that doesn't happen in your 70s. martha: dr. manny, thank you. >> thank you. martha: bill? bill: are we in middle of new

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martha: all right. back to the hill where there is a big vote coming up today on a resolution to sue president obama. it comes from the house, from the gop side. and the issue is changing the health care law, the employer mandate. welcome, everybody, to a brand new hour now of "america's newsroom." i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. republicans say it is about executive overreach. speaker john boehner ready to go to court in a constitutional battle over presidential power. while democrats warn the lawsuit is part of a plan to impeach the president. that is claim republicans say they dismiss that as democratic talking point to try to raise campaign money for midterm elections. listen. >> this whole talk about impeachment is coming from the

president's own staff. and coming from democrats on capitol hill. we have no plans to impeach the president. we have no future plans. listen, it is all a scam, started by democrats at the white house. bill: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live from the hill. mike, trying to keep these two clear. >> the issue of impeachment and issue of a lawsuit impeaching the president. why do many republicans say suing the president is the right move? >> reporter: well, bill, republicans say it's about the president rewriting the law to fit his own personal policy goals. in this case it is about president obama personally waving a magic wand and getting rid of the employer mandate of his health care law for 2013 and on 2014, so on two separate occasions without consulting with congress. legal experts say that was clearly violation of separation of powers. expect speaker boehner to make the case to house lawmakers

later today, if this president does it, future presidents will do it as well. he will make the case about future presidents and future congresses and trying to get back some of congress's power, bill. bill: so on the other side, democrats, specifically what are they saying about this plan to sue? >> reporter: they're saying this is big waste of taxpayer time and money ahead of congress going out on a five-week recess. democrats like steve israel who chair the democratic congressional campaign committee, it is doing job revving up the democratic base. israel says the money is pouring into his campaign committee's coffers. so democrats are saying it is having impact on a their side. we expect a vote in the house late today. bill. bill: got it. mike emanuel teeing it up for us there. mike. martha: for more on this, go to fox news digital politics editor chris stirewalt. good morning to you. good to see you. >> good morning. martha: what do you make of this? >> well i would say we have sort of reached the seen myth of --

zenith of stupid washington. martha: i thought we were there a long time ago but apparently there was still higher to go. >> sister, we have still feed in the bag. this horse can go a long way. martha: feed in the bag. all right. >> you have both sides accusing each other cynically exploiting each other and revving up base as if actual things going on immaterial. everybody is focused on politics of this. is it good for fund-raising for dems? is it good for republicans. is it this, is it that, what about actual stuff and constitution and how it works all that stuff? that is obviously not just an afterthought now but irrelevant to much of the discussion because both sides are fund-raising off of it. both side are trying to keep their base placated, fired up or some combination thereof. as a consequence everything is being pushed to this midterm election prism. martha: yeah. >> i would submit the real discussion here is about what is coming next. and what is coming next, i would submit, is the coming battle on amnesty and immigration as the

president gets ready to use the pen and use the phone to legalize some number, maybe half of them, maybe many millions, of illegal immigrants. martha: it is fascinating because this lawsuit could be a precedent for that. because it is fairly narrowly focused. it looks to sue the president for overstepping his executive powers by allowing the employer mandate to be delayed by one year. basically he changed the law. how far is this suit going to go do you think? the other thing here, how difficulty do you think it will be for republicans to separate this lawsuit from that larger umbrella issue of impeachment which democrats very much want to put it together with? >> arguably, no president, certainly since fdr, has had a more expansive view of executive power than this president does. and his take on what he can do and what he is able to do is basically kick tated by what is -- dictated what is good for

the country. the president always rises to the defense i didn't tell you about the taliban prisoner swap. i didn't follow the law on obamacare. i didn't do this or didn't do that on the grounds it was right thing to do. we are of course a nation of laws and not men. we have laws for that reason. for republicans to come out to say to the president, we want you, we want a court to force you to enforce a law we don't like is a pretty weird place. we've seen such a a degradation of congressional authority, much of this ceded on their own and so busy running for office and running for office every two years they don't want to take on controversial issues they have succeeding presidents to degrade it. if they don't hold the line at some point there ain't going to be none of them left. martha: that is backwards twisted up thing, democrats saying impeach the president, we want you to do. >> we're begging you. hurry. martha: chimed in. what the heck is going on. we'll try to sort that out.

chris, thank you very much. >> you bet. bill: from washington now to overseas, more fighting in ukraine and financial slapdown on vladmir putin. first 19 people said to be killed in fighting between government forces an pro-russian rebels. meanwhile president obama joining europe in announcing tough new sanctions against vladmir putin, pushing back against, at the same time, calling this a new cold war. but not everyone seize it that way including the chairman of the house intelligence committee on with meaga >> to say it is not a cold war, meagan, it is awful chilly, if it is not cold. you think about where russia has been, what their intentions have been, knowing by the way for months, that they have been in violation of this imf treaty, short-range in, intier immediate nuclear missiles. bill: steve harrigan. reports of security concerns at the crash site. what can we say is happening there, steve? >> reporter: bill, for the

fourth day in a row international investigators failed to reach that crash site, turned around due to security concerns and new concerns as well. the government of ukraine making the allegation that the rebels actually laid landmines on roads that lead to that crash site, offering no proof but still making accusation, an accusation which rebels deny. even if the landmines are there or not, it is fighting between the two sides still has been enough to keep those investigators away from the crash scene now for almost two weeks, bill. bill: so you're saying that the fighting continues around that crash site? if that is the case, is that a stalemate? >> reporter: heavy fighting by government forces and they have really been making gains on the ground. ukrainian forces against the rebels. they have taken another town just north of donetsk in the past 24 hours despite help to rebels from across the border from russia. the real question and thing to watch now, will russia continue the aid to the rebels in defiance of sanctions from the u.s. and e.u., sanctions which

moscow calling shortsighted and destructive. bill: great point. steve, one more point on this, will the sanctions work? what is the sense you get from covering this story? >> reporter: i think in the short term the sanctions will have a real effect on the russian economy but i think i ace one man rule in russia. will they have an effect on a man who really never backed down publicly before? a man who led brutal wars for more than a decade in chechnya. my guess is putin is not the kind of guy that backs down because of economic sanctions, bill. bill: steve harrigan. thank you. martha: story from a u.s. air base in germany. military personnel there discovering the body of a young boy who apparently stowed away near the wheel well of an air force cargo plane, if you can believe this. the plane made several stops in africa before it arrived in germany. making it unclear where he climbed on. >> the deceased was an adolescent black male, possibly of african origin.

the aircraft returned from supporting africa command operations with stops in a few countries. at this point it is unknown where or when the deceased entered the landing gear wheel well. martha: so the incident obviously also prompts major security concerns. it comes just three months after a somali teenager survived after stowing away inside of the wheel well of a flight from california to hawaii. you can't help but wonder if the boy heard the story thought, he made it and make i can make it out of here as well. the security part of that story is also a real head-scratcher. bill: usually that is the case, you don't survive. how that kid survived on that flight here in the u.s.? martha: unbelievable, right? bill: ten minutes past the hour. eric holder is under under microscope again today. lawmakers asking why i will not appoint a special counsel in irs targeting investigation. we'll talk to one victim about her case in a moment. there is this have a listen. >> on just about every front

there is danger we the people. president obama still have his supporters who spin the situation his way. the facts prove mr. obama's foreign policy has failed dismally. martha: that is bill o'reilly suggesting that the president's policies may be partly to blame for so much global instability, including the erupting situation now in libya. is that a fair assessment? plus this. bill: what you're watching there, are two women, running for their lives as a train bears down on them. and wait until you hear how this ends. ugh. heartburn.

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bill: two women in indiana nearly crushed by a freight train. watch this. so, that bridge is 80 feet high, swung the train comes barreling around the curve, they have nowhere to go. they lie down between the tracks and the train passes right over them. not only did they survive, they got up and ran away. they are facing trespassing charges. what are you doing on top of that bridge in the first place? martha: good question. bill: i think they have done this before.

how else would they know what to do at the last second? martha: everybody knows to lay down flat, but i cannot believe how late they waited to lie do down. go home, don't try it again. so, action on the irs scandal today, two congressional hearings getting underway. the first is a house oversight committee to prevent future irs abuses, and judiciary committee examining why eric holder refused to appoint official counsel to investigate the targeting of conservative groups by the irs did we have been following her story since the beginning targeted by the irs intensified at a hearing, good to have you with us today. the first oversight committee hearing is pretty obvious with t that is about, but the judiciary

committee, you have been pushing for special counsel in this ca case, i have closed the book on this, the president said there is that a smidgen of corruption to worry about here, so how are you going to get anywhere with this? >> it is important we assign a special prosecutor. he was caught red-handed working with the iressa target citizens to manufacture evidence and criminally prosecute law-abiding citizens for their political views, they were caught red-handed and don't want independent counsel to look into it because they are guilty. martha: everybody is very familiar with the irs targeting scandal where you are group and groups like your group underwent scrutiny over several years and you are asked what kind of books he read in terms of ways to delay urs tax-exempt status.

would you are looking at is something that goes even deeper than that, tell us about that. >> we are talking high-level within the irs, he was having application sent directly to his office so we know it was not rogue agents in cincinnati, but in 2012 the irs said there is no more targeting going on, we have stopped. yet we have evidence from e-mails the irs was working with the department of justice and senator whitehouse to produce evidence to manufacture false statement cases against citizens like myself and others to prosecute and criminally arrest americans for their political views, and this is wrong and they are so guilty it is not even funny. martha: question of tax records

and illegally looking into the tax records of individuals, but what exactly were they doing? >> they wanted to piece together statements from applications where people like myself and other applicants said they didn't engage in political activity. they wanted to twist things around and look at their donations and see if they were indeed having political entities, but there was no evidence of this whatsoever so they were going to have to manufacture evidence to prove this. martha: you believe they did not get what they were going after in the first round, they ended up giving tax-exempt status too many of these groups even though it took years to get it. you think there was a concerted effort to go further than that,

we did not get him on the first round, but now we want to prove they are little be active and more than 51% of the activity of these groups going toward political activity searching for information in the tax filings to get that, correct? >> correct. they want to bring the sec into this as well. e-mails that prove it is going to take place. we had to find out how involved the sec is as well. multi agency attacks on citize citizens. martha: we will see if you get what you are going after here. thank you very much. bill: the u.s. economy may be showing some new signs of life. stuart varney is going to break down the numbers for you.

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martha: a bolt of lightning setting a mansion on fire in suburban cleveland. the owner was inside but didn't know his house was on fire. thankfully a police officer saw the flames, knocked on the front door to get their attention. they spent four hours to get it under control but they were not able to save the home. bill: new numbers on gdp in america. u.s. economy came back to life in the second quarter.

growing at 4%. is my enthusiasm unbridled? >> it was a very, very good rebound. very solid rebound from that terrible performance, and i will tell you this, all sectors of the economy are doing quite nicely, thank you very much. business is investing, and the first three months of the year wasn't as bad as we thought it was. they now say contracted 2.1%. it is a nice revision. the bottom line from this number you got today was we are not going into recession. that you can say is conclusive from that number. >bill: what is changing?

>> today's number was basically a rebound from the awful number in the first quarter, so what we were doing was we were redoing the first quarter making up for what we didn't do in the first quarter. that doesn't mean we will keep on expanding, it means we were making up for the poor performance. here is another bottom line, it will be very difficult for this economy to break out of the long-term 2% annualized growth rate we have seen for five years, you cannot assume one quarter of 4% growth means we have broken out. bill: we will be patient on that and see what we get in another three months. that means the future will take us where? >> i think we will get about 2% growth, same as the year before and the year before that.

bill: so the government has been printing money, and a lot of it, for what, three years now? >> five. one to zero in the fall. bill: when we turn off this picket, there is a big debate of when this happens, when it happens, what happens? >> interest rates will go up little. it is likely to go up. by how much, i do not know. the stock market will probably come down. how much? i don't know. a change in policy, interest-rate up, stocks down. bill: the money is a little bit more difficult to get. >> you can expect the cost of borrowing money to go up a little if the federal reserve is not printing. bill: are they throwing a party over this today? >> this will go down very well at the president.

we are waiting for it, he will say my policies are working, we are on the road, a solid recovery. bill: we will see you in 33 minutes on fox business. martha: global hotspots were the focus of bill o'reilly's talking points last night. >> the foreign-policy has failed dismally. there is no questions they want to attack america again and are growing in strength, so do the math. martha: new violence in libya forcing the evacuation of our embassy. is there anywhere it is not spiraling out of control? bill: we will tell you where it can happen and very soon, and then the question is would you drive that car? you own it.

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martha: that now dismis dismisse four hour cease-fire that went into effect to help with evacuations but hamas says it does not cover enough of gaza. israeli warplanes struck dozens of locations in the gaza strip. the death toll now inching up toward 1300. we will stay on this breaking news story as we get it. >> on just about every front there is danger to we the peop people. terrorism is growing. iran will most likely get a nuclear weapon and putin is causing enormous amount of trouble pretty much unchecked. proven obama's foreign policy

has failed dismally. bill: bill o'reilly last night claiming our hold has failed. everyone evacuated because a motion more the capital. a global intelligence and security firm, good morning to you there in washington. there is so much news out there sometimes we overlook this. our embassy has been closed, i don't know when it reopens but this is a can of war in libya yet again, how do you see it? >> evacuating an embassy moving the people out of there and into other facilities from neighboring countries is a big deal. we have been worried about the iranian negotiations, on russia and ukraine, meanwhile ever

since gadaffi fell. bill: should we have taken him out? >> to be honest he was kind of our guy for several years before he moved in with the french and italian to get out of there. we had argued he was assisting us in the war on terror, but we had no critical interest. we got into libya, and did nothg but a mess. bill: now you see we have no plans of peace either. >> and we didn't have. somehow yet again they would be some uprising of democracy, it just didn't happen. libya got some 130 tries. more tribal to name a country in the middle east and what you have his militia battling

militia, again, no central control and extremist battling rather sexist groups. it slipped off the radar screen. we haven't been focusing on it. bill: it is an international embarrassment. the larger point is there are so many hotspots, you mentioned this, but like we saw in syria, that spilled over into iraq. with libya, don't you see the unrest in libya spilling over into egypt or even further south and to the west in africa as well? which contributes to more problems? >> you are absolutely right. nothing happens in a bubble out there. there is a vacuum, anytime there is a vacuum, chaos rushes in. that is exactly what happened.

it doesn't just stay in the borders, it spells out and the fighters went into syria creating a large marketplace for weapons coming out of the inventory qadhafi set up. during that crisis has moved into iraq creating this swath of territory there. bill o'reilly is absolutely correct. i don't want to say the world is on fire, but you have to go back a long time remember when we had this many flashpoints all at the same time. bill: that was a joyous time in eastern europe. so many people in eastern europe and this is far from that now. thank you for your time in washington. martha: opposition now pushing for stronger sanctions against their own country claiming it is the epicenter of terrorism in the middle east, part of a

strategy to expand in that region. what are they saying exactly? >> there are harsh words in a conflict. "for israel's destruction the man in the west bank now join hamas want watch known missile attacks. the demand come from this mann manner. in a sermon he called israel a rabid dog saying they should arm itself against israel state. they're working with the hamas leadership supporting the goals. his comments come as a coalition of 30 competition have gathered on capitol hill, they caught on washington to ramp up sanctions against the iranian regime. it accuses tehran of supporting terrorism and says the obama administration has determined support behind the iranian opposition.

>> they have put all their eggs in the government's basket ignoring every opposition group for democracy. seeing a big opportunity to have a dialogue to the alternative. >> they're working against the regime. martha: what does the of ministrations a about that, eric? >> they told fox news they are not aware of any plan to recognize the opposition groups as they compete to negotiate with tehran and the nuclear talks. they say the only answer is possible iranian bomb is regime change. they have claimed they only want nuclear capability for nuclear and energy capabilities.

bill: hall of fame broadcaster vin scully still wants to work. renewing his contract for 66 season. nicely done. lifting the crowd to give the man another standing ovation showing their love and admiration. he was like 24 years old. who wants to retire? martha: not when work is that much fun. keep it going. the fbi is on the hunt and they have a list, but they are not looking for your usual suspects. we will explain be at bill: and talks of keeping president obama from democrats. what is going on? >> they're trying to rally their people to give money and show up in this year's elections. we have no plan to impeach the

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dodging questions of democrats using possible impeachment as a fundraising ploy. >> what i am suggesting is the priorities of the republican congress are all wrong and i will leave it to democratic strategists who have a much better sense than i do about the best way to raise money for their campaign. martha: how about all this. the former chair of the virginia g.o.p., and the obama campaign in 2008, welcome to both of you, great to have you here. listening to a little bit more sound from harry reid and mitch mcconnell on this. >> the one thing the american people are totally focused on is how absurd that republicans are spending their time talking about impeachment and suing the president.

>> don't think mitch mcconnell has been into much mine to my time reading. sarah palin put in op-ed online calling for an impeachment. did they take that seriously? i don't think many people take it seriously. but then you have speaker john boehner taking impeachment off the table, i think the democratic party has glommed onto this, realized this type of inflammatory rhetoric turns up and excite the base and a little bit wary because it sees they have consistently led the republican party where they said they would not shut down the government but you saw ted cruz shut down the government. martha: he wants to push forward

this suit constitutional groun grounds. i love harry reid saying america all across the country, the one thing we are all focused on is talking about a dinner at the beach everywhere. >> like a laser beam. the white house is literally praying for impeachment. there is an article this morning saying the democrats are afraid of a turnout debacle in the election, that is what is driving all of this, martha. looking for a distraction from the domestic and international multitude of crises that are going on, not just to reinvigorate their base, but to bring democrats on board because thei have been abandoning the president in droves.

this prevents, they think if they can create this unequivocally, we will not consider impeachment, but if the democrats hav and the white houe can keep them going, the it migt have a chance. martha: largely based on this drumbeat there tr trying to put forward, it is a little odd when the thing you feel is in your quiver, isn't that a little strange? >> it wants to come to the presidents defense, but appealing a lot of close senate options good the democratic commissioner campaign committee

realizes in colorado, kentucky where these close races are, the vast majority feel it is insane to talk about impeachment, so the fact you have mainstream. martha: sarah palin brought it up once, it got very little traction, i have not heard anybody talk about it, i would venture to guess most people haven't either. this concept this is what is on everybody's mind is what is baffling for so many people. >> he is working with a lot of people working with politics, so his perception of this isn't necessarily on par with yours and mine, i will grant you that for sure. the fact is he realizes any time impeachment is used in a headline it is showing how out of touch republican party is when they are not working with the president to address the

issues they have hardly mentioned. they showed some good numbers. >> it is not harry reid is out of touch, he is trying to manipulate the public. what they do on issue after issue trying to create a sort of hysteria, but the one thing i would say is there is a danger the democrats are going to overplay their hand because this is a growing concern among americans a lot of middle-of-the-road democrats thehave exceeded his authority. this president was elected to say he will stop the executive abuse, now if the president does indeed come through with this massive negative order on amnesty, lot of americans with the constant noise of amnesty the democrats are going to be

putting forward, they will say what is going on, is it something more. martha: i have to leave it the there. everywhere i go people talking with the border and international crisis around us. the two topics i am hearing. thank you. good to see you both. bill: "happening now" coming your way in a few moments. jon, as will ditch town leaving a couple more days to get a lot of work done including a highway funding bill, lawsuit against president obama, veterans affair overhaul and the immigration crisis. will they do it, should they? and the president getting out his executive order pen again, this time mulling a move to grant work permits to tens of thousands of illegal immigrants. we will get into it, "happening now." bill: frightening moments for a teenager hiding in a closet when burglars break into her home, police now releasing tapes of a

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the suspects ran when the i head the sirens but they were eventually caught. police believe they may be responsible for other break-ins in the neighborhood. that little girl did exactly the right thing, nicely done. bill: a big announcement on what could be the future for the car. where is the uk stand on this? >> person is payin britain is pf makeup game. the driverless cars cannot go mainstream quick enough. the announcement is a competition for roughly $17 million grant to start testing driverless cars. for next year these cars will hit the road in some way, shape or form. google has a past 700,000 miles accident free.

california will offer licenses but only for select designated people working with the brand behind the cars. we are really a decade away from having technology thoroughly mainstream. bill: what is the point of a driverless car? >> part of it of course is the normal race to improve technology as we see in all aspects of our lives, but a lot of money to be made and google is estimating they will make more money on this autonomous vehicle technology then on the ubiquitous search engines. they are all practically involved in the game right now. advocates say they are safer than human driven cars because they eliminate driver error and bring down the rates of deadly accidents. >> we don't want to give up the

joy of driving the car, but we want to take away driving in conditions of heavy traffic and they crash into one another. technology can help with that. >> these driverless cars can generate the accidents, photographs and what happens, that will eliminate eyewitness error for finding out who is liable for an accident. bill: thank you. do you trust it? martha: some new evidence in this case we have been following of the missing mother with two children. the mystery of what happened with jennifer hudson as a track her last moves.

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bit. taking a few days off. bill: bet you're sad about that. like fourth-grader in may. sky is blue. grass is green. you want to be out there. martha: have a great day, everybody. see you later. jon: word that the white house plans to take major actions on immigration without approval from congress. good morning to you, i'm jon scott. >> i'm arthel neville, in for jenna lee today. reports that president obama is considering dramatically scaling back deportations as well as granting work permits to potentially millions of illegal immigrants now living here in the u.s. jon: the president expected to make a move in the form of an executive order. he is already warned he will act on his own because of congressional inaction as he puts it on immigration legislation. all this reportedly set to happen after labor day and ahead of the midterm elect